Demonstration against the high cost of living this Saturday in Toulouse
This Saturday, October 15, from 11 a.m., the left and several unions are organizing a demonstration in Toulouse “against the high cost of living and climate inaction ».
The CGT, France Insoumise, the PS, Europe Ecology the Greens… All called for the rally, this weekend of the 15th and October 16, 2022, nationally. Event ” against the high cost of living and climate inaction » which will also take place in Toulouse, this Saturday 15, from 11am. The meeting point is given at Place Saint-Étienne, in front of the prefecture.
In a context inflation and energy crisisto which is added fuel shortages and a tense social context in the refineries, the left hopes to unite with this movement.
A demonstration “against the high cost of living”
” In Toulouse, our trade union organizations and political forces have decided to build a set of popular mobilization processes to impose the necessary changes against high living costs and climate inaction. “, explain the organizers of the demonstration.
For this, they ask the State freezing rents and freezing energy prices. Among the claims are also salary increasepensions, as well as the revaluation of the index point of civil servants and social minima.
But the demonstration of Toulouse does not only fight “against the high cost of living », but also ” against climate inaction ». ” The largest companies continue to favor the logic of profit at the expense of respect for ecological imperatives “, accuse the unions and political parties. They therefore ask the public authorities to begin ” a real ecological bifurcation citing the example of free transport.
Of course, the thorny issue of pension reform Become by Emmanuel Macron will also be a source of dispute this weekend.